AAAP Foundation/Merck Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship

Deadline for submissions: November 1

Application Form

Introduction:

The AAAP Foundation and Merck Animal Health are dedicated to promoting scientific knowledge for the health and well-being of poultry and a safe food supply as well as supporting outstanding veterinary students. Merck Animal Health is proud to demonstrate its dedication to veterinary students by providing $50,000 in financial support to award five second and third year students with $10,000 scholarships (starting in 2025). Merck's partnership with the AAAP Foundation helps to achieve the Foundation's goal of assisting students with financial support to encourage a career track in poultry health and well being, or food safety.

Scholarships will be awarded based on assessment of the following credentials:

1. Academic record.
2. Two recommendation forms.
3. CV to include experience related to poultry health and well-being and/or poultry food safety.
4. A brief essay (500 words or less) describing career goals.

Student Requirements:

• Currently enrolled and in good standing at an AVMA accredited and recognized school of veterinary medicine.
• Degree program is focused on poultry health and well-being and/or food safety.

Scholarship is open to 2nd and 3rd-year veterinary students only.

Program Timeline:

• Application Deadline – November 1
• Scholarship Notification – January 31

Common Application:

The AAAP Foundation Poultry Scholarship, the AAAP Foundation/Merck Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship, the AAAP Foundation/Elanco Memorial Scholarship, and the AAAP Foundation/Cobb Scholarship use a common application form. Students applying for one or more of these scholarships will indicate as the scholarship(s) for which they are applying at the beginning of the application form. Please complete only one application form.

2024 Award Winners

James Wilson	University of Georgia
Jennifer Irwin	NC State University
JeJuan Bryant	NC State University
Nikolas Faust	Texas A&M University
Alejandra Figueroa	Western University of Health Sciences
Dana Bubka	University of Pennsylvania
Cooper Stanley	Texas A&M University
Hayden Miller	Mississippi State University
Stephanie Benedict	Ross University
Cody Hanna	Louisiana State University

2023 Award Winners

Nikolas Faust	Texas A&M University
Luke Trimble	Ohio State University
Nathan Freeman	Purdue University
Cole Crumpacker	University of Missouri
Alejandra Figueroa	Western University of Health Sciences
Caley Ellington	Iowa State University
Ian Miller	University of California, Davis
Oluwatimileyin Abolarin	Ohio State University
Dana Bubka	University of Pennsylvania
Cody Matthew Hanna	Louisiana State University

2022 Award Winners

Luke Trimble	Ohio State University
Caley Ellington	University of Nebraska-Lincoln/Iowa State University
Josie Gamble	Mississippi State University
Jason Sousa	Texas A&M University
Tiffani Allen	University of Georgia
Brittany Skaggs	Iowa State University
Kaitlin Gorrell	North Carolina State University
Lauren Sartor	University of Georgia
Cole Taylor	Ohio State University
Olivia Jane Lockyear	Auburn University

2021 Award Winners

Eliza Theis	University of Minnesota
Hannah Sather	North Carolina State University
Youngkyoung (Isabelle) Kwon	University of Guelph
Lauren Sartor	University of Georgia
Emma Kline	Cornell University
Valerie Rae Johnson	Michigan State University
Jason Sousa	Texas A&M University
Brittany Skaggs	Iowa State University
Eric Whitmore	University of Georgia
Sabrina Hurst	University of Georgia

2019 Award Winners

Zachary Adams	Iowa State University
Lydia Anderson	University of Georgia
Jacob Carlson	Kansas State University
Dallas Clontz	North Carolina State University
Theodore Derksen	Western University
Valerie Marcano	University of Minnesota
Tatum Odland	University of Georgia
Michaela Olson	University of Minnesota
Nerisa Riedl	The Ohio State University
Grayson Walker	North Carolina State University

2018 Award Winners

Dallas Clontz	North Carolina State University
Katie Venters	North Carolina State University
Valerie Marcano	University of Georgia
Jacob Carlson	Kansas State University
Lisa Tenny	Kansas State University
Linea Tracy	University of Pennsylvania
Kayla Niel	Michigan State University
Kaytee McCullough	North Carolina State University
Sarah Morrissey	Cornell University
K Denise Apperson	Oregon State University

2017 Award Winners

Corissa Steimling	Ohio State University
Katharine Venters	North Carolina State University
Valerie Marcano	University of Georgia
Randi Clark	Mississippi State University
Vacques Hines	Purdue University

2016 Award Winners

Brandon Armwood	North Carolina State University
Valerie Marcano	University of Georgia
Chase Miller	Kansas State University
Sarah Reichelt	North Carolina State University
Abigail Reith	University of Missouri